Browsing Thesis, B.A. (English) by Title
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Schizophrenic language : the possibility of early detection
(BRAC University, 2014-04)This research attempts to find out the language and communicative impairments of the patients with schizophrenia so that early detection will be possible through the analysis of the language patterns. It gives an ... -
Second language scenario of Bangladesh: Formal learning of English vs Informal learning of Hindi
(Brac University, 2022-09)A person's second language is not the one they use as comfortably as their native one. Still, an aftermath of globalization, we must acknowledge the need to learn foreign languages. In this study, the main base is to ... -
The self versus institutions in J. D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye and Franny and Zooey
(BRAC University, 2017-12)This dissertation seeks to observe textual comparison and analysis of the adolescent protagonists of Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye and Franny and Zooey which indicate the social change of America during the twentieth ... -
Sexism in language
(BRAC University, 2009-04)This thesis aims at upholding the various forms of sexism that exist within languages. Over the years sexism has been weaved into the language system so subtly that people end up submitting to the sexist views without even ... -
Sexism in language: a case study on Bangladeshi youth
(BRAC University, 2015-03-24)This case study attempts to find out the variation of language use among the young generation of Bangladesh. Students from some renowned private universities were the target of this study. There were many theories regarding ... -
Sexuality of female royals in renaissance plays: Duchess of Malfi, Gertrude and Cleopatra
(BRAC University, 2017-04)The Renaissance period, even at the height of its progression, saw limited improvement in women’s lives regardless of their socio-economic status. While men were engaging themselves in the pursuit of knowledge, inventing ... -
The shift of "Self" and "Other" portrayed in the Novels of Three South African Nobel Laureates : J.M. Coetzee, Doris Lessing and Nadine Gordimer
(BRAC University, 2015-04)The post-colonial world is often seen as demarcated into binaries like colonizer-colonized, oppressor-oppressed, powerful-powerless and Self-Other. These binaries are often treated as fixed, definable, unchangeable and ... -
Significance of learner's errors and the role of feedback to improve the writing skill of elementary level students
(BRAC University, 2011-12)The aim of this study is to find out the common errors that elementary level students usually commit in their written work, how the second language teachers address them and how feedback can help our learners. This paper ... -
Significance of symbolism in Edgar Allan Poe’s selected works
(BRAC University, 2015-12)Romantics emerged through creating a new wave in literature. They were more concern about the expression of feelings than reason. They found the classics somewhere stagnant at a particular point from where human passion ... -
Simulation, simulacra, and modern modes of escapism: living in the hyperreal
(Brac University, 2022-09)The state of the modern world as it stands, creates the perfect conditions to live an imperfect life. Most people live their lives separate from their desires of how they would like for it to be if given the chance to ... -
Social media affecting minds and moneybags
(Brac University, 2022-04)People have become so much dependent on technologies and social media nowadays. Like every other factors, it has also affected their lives in two different ways. Some have consumed the positive impacts and some had negatives. ... -
Social media terraforming media landscape
(Brac University, 2021-05)The 21st century is defined by technological advances made by modern civilization. As every aspect of life is changing in the presence of cutting edge technology, the media landscape of the world and Bangladesh is ... -
Socio- psychological barriers to effective language learning in adult EFL classroom in context of Bangladesh
(BRAC University, 2019-04)This paper inspects the socio-psychological barriers that adult learners face in classrooms while learning a foreign language, in this case, English. It also studies how these barriers are working negatively for the whole ... -
Sociolinguistic incompetence
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Speaking anxiety : can this be overcome by teaching our own variety?
(BRAC University, 2015-12)This study explores the practice of teaching and learning English speaking in our higher secondary school contexts. The main objective of this study was to find out the reasons behind the speaking anxiety that is often ... -
Speaking anxiety of english language learners in Bangladeshi tertiary classroom
(BRAC University, 2017-03)In the context of verbal English communication in Bangladesh, Bengali medium students always struggle due to their lack of exposure to communicative English language context. The rigid Grammar Translation curriculum at ... -
Speaking anxiety of university students and their strategies to overcome anxiety
(Brac University, 2023-03)When a student gets into University, they have to quickly adapt to using English because academic tasks are conducted in English. From communicating with the teacher inside the classroom to doing several oral presentations, ... -
State power as a means of oppression towards women: A study of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale
(BRAC University, 2021-05)This thesis aims to trace the political and social events of the 1970s to 1980s with the focus on the rise of Christian beliefs during that time. It highlights how the women of patriarchal society in the novel and ... -
Struggles of hybrid citizens as presented by mixed origin writers and poets
(Brac University, 2021-05)People are constantly migrating to other places – sometimes seeking refuge, sometimes seeking a better life than in their own country. Immigration is one form of migration. However, one cannot just immigrate to another ... -
Students' propensity for private English language tuition in Bangladesh: The unseen scenario of private tuition
(Brac University, 2022-05)Private Tuition in Bangladesh has become an obligatory part of education in Bangladesh which is a common scenario nowadays. However, nobody is focusing on the ultimate result and impact on the education system regarding ...